Medieval fantasy that will appeal to younger readers. Irina is born on an island where there is a fragile peace between 2 of the three kingdoms. She is the first child of the King of one of the kingdoms. She is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer called Vilmos who abandons her in the woods where she is raised by wolves and eventually comes back to claim her title just as the two peaceful kingdoms are about to go to war . (All stirred on by the lies of Vilmos). The third kingdom on the island is ruled by an evil dragon and this is only briefly mentioned in the book - no doubt the next 2 in the series of the Ragnor Trilogy will deal more with the dragon.

I read this book as a student had raved about it. Personally, I thought the writing was quite stilted and the descriptions were like something I would read in a Year 7 English class. It is no Narnia although the author is obviously drawing heavily from it and any other "child raised by animals can talk to animals in a magic land" book. That being said, I did finish it and it would be fine for students from Year 5 upwards...it is just not well written and I won't be reading the sequels. ( )